SHE DRIVES WITH IT IN HER CAR -- AND WALKS IT ON A LEASH. AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A DOG--- BUT A GOOSE. 12 NEWS REPORTER MAX SEIGLE INTRODUCES US TO A WAUKESHA COUNTY WOMAN --- NOW FIGHTING TO KEEP HER PET. "COME HERE MABLE, COME ON! THIS IS MABLE AND HER OWNER CARLA THOMAS. WE MET THEM TUESDAY, IN THE VILLAGE OF MERTON. "COME ON! MABLE'S BEEN HER PET SINCE JULY, 2009. SHE BOUGHT HER INITIALLY FOR EGGS BUT AFTER A SERIOUS MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT -- MABLE'S HELPED A LOT. ""IT'S THERAPEUTIC TO LOWER MY ANGER, LOWER MY BLOOD PRESSURE AND HAVE HER, AND THAT'S WHAT SHE'S BECOME, MY ANIMAL THERAPY." "MOST OF THE TIME THOMAS KEEPS MABLE AT HOME AND OVER THE YEARS SHE REALLY HASN'T HAD ANY TROUBLE WITH HER, UP UNTIL NOW." "I'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT NOW ABOUT 46 YEARS, AND FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER HAD A GOOSE COMPLAINT ABOUT GOOSE HONKING." VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR TOM NELSON SAYS A FEW MONTHS AGO -- A RESIDENT COMPLAINED MABLE WAS MAKING TOO MUCH NOISE LATE AT NIGHT. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME VILLAGE LEADERS HEARD ABOUT HER. NOW THEY'RE RESEARCHING WHETHER OR NOT MABLE CAN STAY -- SINCE SHE VIOLATES CITY CODE BUT IS CONSIDERED THERAPY FOR THOMAS. HONKS IF THE VILLAGE SAYS MABLE HAS TO GO -- THOMAS SAYS SHE'LL APPEAL. "SHE'S JUST NOT YOUR AVERAGE PET AND LIKE ANYBODY GETS ATTACHED TO THEIR ANIMALS AND I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THE PEOPLE AND WORK IT OUT." IN MERTON MAX SEIGLE WISN 12 NEWS. THOMAS ADMITS SHE DIDN'T KNOW GEESE WERE NOT ALLOWED IN HOMES. AS FOR THE NOISE -- SHE DOESN'T CONSIDER IT A PROBLEM -- BUT SAYS FOR NOW -- MABLE WILL STAY IN